The Pet Professional Guild World Service Podcasts 2016

Victoria Stilwell was in the house to tell us why she stands firmly against BSL and believes it essential to teach the public to better understand their dog’s body and vocal language, promoting responsible guardianship and educating children, in particular, how to be safe around dogs. We asked Victoria about her involvement in fighting to save dogs that have been seized because of Breed Specific Legislation. We also chatted about Victoria's T.V. show 'Dogs Might Fly' and learnt all about the Victoria Stilwell Dog Training Academy.

Janis Bradley, the Director of Communications and Publications at National Canine Research Council, joined us to talk about Breed Specific Legislation - why it does not work and why, if we wish to lower the incidence of dog bites, she recommends multifactorial approaches focusing on improved ownership and husbandry practices, better understanding of dog behavior, education of parents and children regarding safety around dogs, and consistent enforcement of dangerous dog/reckless owner ordinances in communities

Jean Donaldson,Instructor, Coach, Mentor and Founder ofThe Academy for Dog Trainers, joined us on this special edition of PPG World Service to kick off a series of interviewswith a number of canine behavior experts to discuss why Breed Specific Legislation (BSL) is ineffective and potentially misleading. The move is part of PPG’s ongoing mission to deliver quality, up-to-date education on dog bite safety and force-free training and pet care to both the general public and pet professionals. in PPG’s Position Statement on Breed Specific Legislation, Jean said: “PPG’s position is to follow the evidence, which to date strongly suggests that BSL does not achieve the objective of decreasing dog bites or serious dog attacks. Instead, dog guardians should be held responsible for their pets’ conduct, regardless of breed, and dogs who have not offended should not be targeted.”

Jean will be giving us her expert thoughts on Breed Specific Legislation, in particular why she believes BSL does not work and what approaches she would propose to help lower the incidence of dog bites.

We will also be chatting to Jean about The Academy For Dog Trainers and everything she is up to in the world of dog.

Ken Ramirez joined us to chat about his Summit presentations: Evolving Challenges for the Positive Reinforcement Trainer in the Modern World; Handling Animal Mistakes – Positively and Controversial Tools Examined! The topics will include the ethics and philosophy of being a professional; the various techniques used to deal with incorrect responses and the use of keep-going signal, jackpots, “variable schedules” of reinforcement and the end of session signal! We also chatted to Ken about life at the Shedd Aquarium and his role as Executive Vice-President and Chief Training Officer of Karen Pryor Clicker Training.

Debbie Revell was in the house, chatting to us about her upcoming PPG Summit presentation entitled: The Emotional Roller-Coaster of Dog-Dog Reactivity. Debbie gave us some tips on on how pet dog guardians can help prevent reactivity as well as discussing some of the early signs of dog-dog reactivity and steps that can be taken to prevent it.

Gina Phairas joined us to chat about her PPG Summit presentation entitled: ‘Am I Charging Too Much?’ You might be surprised at the answer! Gina discussed strategies that can enable pet professionals to be successful and therefore stay in business!

Dan Antolec the PPG Advocacy Chair, joined us to answer a few questions on behalf of The Project Trade Ambassador for the month of June, Anastasia Tsoulia whose Pet Care Services & Positive Dog Training Business, Hug4Pets & Hug4Dogs, is based in Thessaloniki, Greece. Dan also shared some of his secrets for success as a Project Trade Ambassador.

Wilderness survival expert, Dr. Deborah Weir PHD was in the house chatting to us about getting back to nature and her upcoming PPG Summit presentation - "We Are Animals - What animals teach us about life and getting along with each other.'

Lucinda Glenny MSc joined us to chat about early learning stages and the importance of appropriate early socialization and her upcoming presentation for the PPG Summit: Roots of aggression. Temperament is not an empty slate; the effects of early learning on adult canine disposition.

Join co-hosts Louise Stapleton-Frappell and Niki Tudgeas they chat, chuckle and share withVeronica Boutelle and Kate Mallatratt.Veronica, from Dog*tec, joined us to chat about her presentation for the Summit - Tackle Your Teaching.With over 20 years experience teaching classes, trainers and teachers, as well as developing curriculum and instructional strategies, Veronica will help you develop new approaches to tackle your training challenges!Kate was in the house chatting to us about her free PPGBI member webinar, Home Alone Training - Necessity not Luxury, in which she explains a number of tools to enrich a dog's home-alone environment, whether or not they have separation issues, and ways in which we can reduce the number of severe separation anxiety cases we see as trainers and behaviourists. Kate also told us all about her recently published book on separation anxiety: Home alone and happy!: Essential life skills for preventing separation anxiety in dogs and puppies.We closed the show with a short interview with theProject Trade Ambassador for the month of May, Daniel Antolec PCT-A. Listen to the podcast on YouTube here

Join us as we chat to our guests Julie Flanery and Irith Bloom. Julie chatted to us about her upcoming PPG Summit Presentation: Rally-FrEe: New Kid on the Block. Rally-FrEe is a unique sport combining the trick behaviors of Canine Musical Freestyle with the structure and format of Rally-Obedience.

Irith chatted about choice and empowerment with particular reference to her Summit presentation - The Power of Choice: How Empowering Animals Can Improve Their and Our Lives. Listen to the podcast on YouTube here.

Join us as we chat to our guests Sara Richter and Lara Joseph.Sara chatted about her presentation for the Summit - The Conscious Equestrian - Extinguishing Force from the Rider's Repertoire. Lara has been busy organizing a training team at a zoo so we will be finding out about her training with primates and alligators!

Niki also chatted to Louise on this month's show about the new PPG Position Statement on Breed Specific Legislation. So tune in to hear more.

Grisha Stewart joined us to talk about BAT - Behavior Adjustment Training. She chatted about her mission to teach families to address behavior issues and improve their companion animals' quality of life; loose leash skills; empowerment training and everything she is busy with in the world of dog in Alaska! Listen to the podcast on YouTube here.

PPG Steering Committee member, Angelica Steinker, joined us to chat about her upcoming presentations at the PPGBI Mini-Summit: Using Emotional Learning to Gain Recovery from Aggression and Consent and Preference Testing in Behaviour Consulting.
PPGBI Steering Committee member, Claire Staines, gave us an update on the petition to the Scottish parliament to see a ban on shock collars. She also chatted to us about her upcoming presentation for the PPG Virtual Pet Care Summit, Don’t Get in a Tangle – Learn How to Positively Walk Dogs and told us all about the upcoming PPGBI mini-summit. Listen to the podcast on YouTube here.

Judy Luther joined us to chat about her upcoming presentation at the PPG Summit, Educating the Social Brain - The Astonishing Power of Shared Sociality – in which Judy and Jennifer Arnold will be discussing the Bond-Based Approach® and Bond-Based Choice Teaching®, what dogs and the people who want to love them really need from us and how we can easily meet those needs.

Tristan Flynn told us about his upcoming presentation at the PPG Educational Summit entitled: Assessing and Working with Reactive Dogs, in which Tristan will cover all aspects of working with leash reactive dogs from assessment to solution. Listen to the podcast on YouTube here.

Join Niki Tudge and Louise Stapleton-Frappell as they chat with Dr. Robert King.

We chatted to Dr. Robert King about his upcoming presentations for the PPG Educational Summit: Small business marketing basics: Understanding your business and how others see your business and Marketing in a social media world: How to position your business in the ever-changing social media atmosphere.

Dr. King received his Bachelor of Business Administration in Marketing, Master of Business Administration in marketing and a Master of Science in Finance & Economics from West Texas A&M University before earning a Ph.D. in Marketing from the University of Mississippi. Dr. King teaches principles of marketing and advertising to undergraduates as well as marketing strategy to graduate students. He serves on several boards of directors including PPG. Listen to the podcast on YouTube here

Karen joined us to chat about her new book 'Being a Dog', her PPG webinar on 'The Whys & Wherefores of Behavioral Data' and her work as a pet dog trainer and behaviorist over the last 20 years in the British Isles, along with what changes she has seen in the pet industry and what she foresees for the future! Listen to the podcast on YouTube here!

Malena DeMartini-Price, renowned for her expertise in canine separation anxiety disorder, author of Treating Separation Anxiety in Dogs, joined us to chat about her upcoming presentation for the PPG Summit entitled: Separation Anxiety - Three Key Elements and a Pink Elephant and to give us all an overview of separation anxiety, the symptoms and the treatment. Wes Anderson, the President of Smart Animal Training Systems, a company dedicated to the development of positive solutions to help pet guardians and trainers with their pets, told us all about this innovative company and Pet Tutor™, a remotely controlled intelligent treat dispensing tool designed to assist us in training, feeding and playing with our pets. Lisa and Brad Waggoner chatted to us about their prison dog program 'RESCUED - Saving one detainee and one dog at a time' and told us the impact the program is having on both the rescue dogs and the detainees. Listen to the podcast on YouTube here

Join Niki Tudge & Louise Stapleton-Frappell as they chat, chuckle and share with guests David Pearsall and Daniel Antolec.David Pearsall, the Vice-President of Business Insurers of the Carolinas, proud sponsors of the PPG Summit, joined us to tell us all about insurance for the pet service field. We asked him all those insurance questions you are dying to know the answer too! Daniel Antolec, ex police officer, Chair of the PPG Advocacy Committee and owner of Happy Budddha Dog Training gave us an update on the Advocacy Committee, Project Trade as welll as sharing advice about how best to prepare should you be called on to give testimony in Court. Listen to the podcast on YouTube here.

The Podcast for April 20, 2016 - Special Edition with Victoria Stilwell

Join us as we catch up with Victoria Stilwell to chat about her new TV show, Dogs Might Fly, the Victoria Stilwell Academy for Dog Training and Behavior and Victoria's upcoming presentation at the PPG Summit entitled Inside Your Dog's Mind! A fantastic show full of chat, chuckle and sharing! Listen to the podcast on YouTube here.

Tune in to PPG World Service as co-hosts Niki Tudge and Louise Stapleton-Frappell catch up with special guest, Pat Miller!

They chatted with Pat about the Pat Miller Academy. They found out about Pat's latest book - which will be available from Dogwise at the PPG Summit. They discussed Pat'supcoming presentations at PPG's Summit: Copy That - Training dogs with imitation; Shape Up and Reactive Rovers and even found time to 'chat, chuckle and share' about everything Pat is up to in the world of dog! Listen to the podcast on YouTube here.

Join Niki Tudge & Louise Stapleton-Frappell as they chat, chuckle and share with guests Laurie Schlossnagle, Diana Nichols Pappert & Yvette Van Veen PCT-AWe will be chatting to Laurie, the Director and Founder of Paws With Compassion, a therapy and crisis response dog group, about her PPG Summit presentation 'Training and Maintaining Therapy and Crisis Response Dogs.'We will be hearing all about Diana's presentation at PPG’s Force-Free Summit, entitled: “Do Animals Think?” and taking a closer look at how genetics and the environment influence behavior.Yvette Van Veen, Animal Behavior Consultant, pet writer and columnist for The Toronto Star will be joining us from Ontario. Yvette will be chatting to us about her article in the July issue of BARKS, her upcoming presentation at the PPG Summit and much more! Listen to the podcast on YouTube here

Dr. Duda Ph.D., BCBA-D chatted about her presentation at the PPG 2015 Force-Free Summit, Stop Barking Up the Wrong Tree, How to Implement Best Practices for Coaching, and her role as Founder and President of Implementation Scientists, LLC. Amy talked about her article in the January 2015 edition ofBARKS from the Guild, entitled A Judgement Free Zone as well as her interesting career and interactions with many species. She also chatted about her involvement with Family Paws Parent Education and Doggone Safe. Gabrielle shared lots of information about her role as regional coordinator for Doggone Safe in the UK and Ireland and how the 'Be a Tree' program can help to teach youngsters to stay safe around dogs. Listen to the podcast on YouTube here.

Join us for a Special Edition of PPG World Services, hosted by Louise Stapleton-Frappell who chatted to Niki Tudge about her new book 'People Training Skills for Pet Professionals – Your essential guide to engaging, educating and empowering your human clients.' Listen to the podcast on YouTube here

Join Helen Phillips and Eileen Anderson as they chat to co-hosts Niki Tudge and Louise Stapleton-Frappell. Helen chatted about her Clicker Training and Gundog courses and her +R for Gundog training philosophy. Eileen spoke about her new book: Remember Me? Loving and Caring for a Dog with Canine Cognitive Dysfunction. “Dementia in dogs is surprisingly common, but many people don't realize their dog is suffering from a condition beyond normal aging until the disease is advanced." Niki talked about her new book, People Training Skills for Pet Professionals – Your essential guide to engaging, educating and empowering your human clients. Listen to the podcast on YouTube here

Join co-hosts Niki Tudge and Louise Stapleton-Frappell as they chat to Morag Heirs, Daniel Antolec and Jill Breitner. Morag is a regular contributor to PPG both in BARKS articles and educational webinars on how to manage, train and live with deaf dogs. Daniel chatted about the PPG Advocacy Committee and we also tapped into his knowledge, as a former police-office and martial arts expert, to find out the best ways for us all to stay safe. Jill told us about her Dog Decoder App and the importance of understanding canine communication, thus creating joyful and respectful relationships between pet dogs and their guardians. Listen to the podcast on YouTube here

Jacqueline Munera joined us and discussed her upcoming presentations at PPG’s Summit. We will be getting a “Crash Course in Cats”! Following Jacqueline, Ken McCort joined the show and shared some insights on his upcoming presentations at PPG’s 2015 Educational Summit, including “Breed Specific Behavior - The Evolution of Dogs with Emphasis on Selective Breeding”; "Learning to Think”; “Helping Animals Adapt to New Environments” and “The Skill of Management and Training when Dogs are Displaying Undesired Behaviors”. Listen to the podcast on YouTube here

A special broadcast where Louise Stapleton-Frappell interviewed David Ryan. They discussed how training techniques have changed over the years; Breed Specific Legislation; the negative impact of some television shows; David's latest book and much more! Listen to the podcast on YouTube here

In this show we were joined by Nancy Tucker all the way from Quebec, Canada. We discussed with Nancy her popular webinar on the "Levels Class Program" and all about her upcoming presentation at PPG's Force Free Summit, titled " The Good Enough Dog: Redefining What a Good Trainer Is". Caitlin Quinn, the Director of Operations at ANIMAL FARM FOUNDATION also joined us to discuss breed specific legislation and The Majority Project an initiative to help work towards ending discrimination against both dogs and owners.Last but not least we had a great chat with Maureen Backman about The Muzzle Up Project and her upcoming presentation at the PPG Summit, in Tampa Florida. Listen to the podcast on YouTube here

A special broadcast where we interview Petra Lloyd an author, an artist and a PPG Pet Owner Member. Join us in our discussions on the prevalence of dog fighting in the UK and USA and how best to address this important topic with children through a selection of children's books. Listen to the podcast on YouTube here

Sally Hopkins joined us from England to talk specifically about one of her dog games, Sprinkles. Sally is a PPG member who is both a dog trainer and lecturer. Jennifer Arnold was on the show. Jennifer is the Founder and Executive Director of Canine Assistants, a non-profit organization which trains and provides service dogs for children and adults with physical disabilities or other special needs. Dr.Lynn Honeckman from Orlando, FL was here to chat chuckle and share. Dr. Lynn is a PPG Special Council Member. We chatted to Dr Lynn about how Pet Dog Trainers can best work with their local Veterinarians to the benefit of the client, the veterinarian and the pet dog trainer. Listen to the podcast on You Tube here

Listen to the podcast of Angelica Steinker from Courteous Canine talking about her article in BARKS from the Guild called "Why Counter Conditioning Does Not Work". Jennifer Shryock joins us from Family Paws Parent Education and Janis Bradley, Director from The National Canine Research Council is with us talking about the great work the organization does to help preserve the human-canine bond Listen to the podcast on YouTube here.

Listen to the podcast of Kristin Yonkers and Jane Ehrlich. Kristin joined us to talk about her article: “Ditching The Pinch” in the Jan. issue of BARKS and explained how she encourages clients to give up their aversive training tools. Jane Ehrlich told us all about the new PPG cat division, about her article in BARKS October issue and other cat related behavior issues. Listen to the podcast on YouTube here.

Listen to this special edition of PPG World Service. We scheduled this specifically during the week so we could plan to have Drayton Michaels and Pamela Dennison on the show. This show included topics on Pit Bulls, Whistle Recalls and so much more. Listen to the podcast on YouTube here

Listen to the podcast of Linda Michaels, Annie Phenix and Claire Staines. It was a lively 90 minutes of banter. We chatted to Linda about her “An Open Letter To Canine Research Scientists” featured in BARKS January and the preparation she is making for her presentation at PPGs Summit in November (Understanding Research. Making the case for force-free training.) Claire Staines joined us from Scotland to chat about her recent efforts to petition the Scottish government to make the use of shock collars illegal in Scotland. Annie recently had an article published in BARKS called “A Change of Heart” and it was great to catch up with Annie about this article and listen to what motivated it. Click here to listen to the podcast on YouTube

Join us as we talk to Lisa & Brad Waggoner about their business, their programs and a selection of other great topics. Lara Joseph was also in the house. We chatted with Lara about her recent article in BARKS from the Guild about Targeting and her training with some wonderful birds and pigs. Our very special secret guest who popped in at 12.30 pm was Victoria Stilwell. Victoria was telling us all about the Dog bite Safety convention in England in June. Click here to listen to this on YouTube

Quick links from the show

Listen to Louise and Niki host our first PPG World Service. They bantered about the future show format. News was shared about PPG Australia, the new credentialing program and lots more. Ada Simms joined the show to discuss her article in BARKS from the Guild titled Ask the Dog! Diane Garrod was also in the house - what a mutual admiration society we created! Click here to listen to this on YouTube

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